/v/'s Recommended Games Wiki

In my early teens I spent a lot of time just reading Wikipedia articles of music and video games. I would go through the Wikipedia articles of music genres or game consoles and just look up every release. At one point, I looked up every game for the Sega Dreamcast, for example.

What this means is that I was trying to wade through the shovelware trash and learn about the games before buying them. I had bought garbage games many times before, and didn't want to be stung again. I also was listening to video game music from the Sega Genesis at that age, so just looking up the soundtracks of all the console's games was one way to find the best soundtracks.

The natural conclusion of this, with me also being a 4chan user, was to start using /v/'s Recommended Games wiki. I had played a lot of the cult-favorite games like Zack & Wiki and Okami already, but still had more to check out like Muramasa, Sin & Punishment 2, or de Blob.

I've put hundreds of hours into reading these wikis and watching YouTube game reviews and longplays. At one point I probably had an encyclopedic knowledge of games from the Atari 2600 to the Wii. I read the wikis for the Saturn, the 3DS, the Gamecube, the Neo Geo, the PS1, the PS3, the NES, the N64, etc., and watched a shit-ton of retro game videos, along with reading magazines like Nintendo Power and EGM, websites like Hardcore Gaming 101 and 1-Up, and the list goes on. I pretty much would have become Scott the Woz if I had the money to buy a massive gaming collection and the video production gear.

Anyways, here's what /v/'s Recommended Games Wiki looks/looked like. It used to be hosted on Wikia, now it's on Fandom.

I'm just going to copy what they wrote there for now. This page is largely an attempt to learn HTML tables.

/v/'s Recommended Disc-Based Wii Games

Boxart	Title	Genre	Description
	A Boy and His Blob	Platformer	A Boy and His Blob for Wii is a re-imagining of the original NES classic. New levels, powers, and designs make this an astounding game. Beautiful visuals, sound and design in every aspect, nothing about this game will disappoint. The game feels like a perfect blend of old and new school. No Wii IR shit, just plug in dat Nunchuck and get playin', because this will fully envelope you in its child-like atmosphere and give you a warm feeling of nostalgia. The few drawbacks include a few strange choices in the control scheme, and signs fucking everywhere. Features a hug button which makes the boy hug the blob and the player 'aww'. Re-released on Xbox One, PS4 and PC.
	Animal Crossing: City Folk	Life Sim	Basically take Animal Crossing Wild World on the DS, add in a city, and you have Animal Crossing: City Folk. It's probably most fun if you don't own Wild World for DS and haven't played the Gamecube game (Or the original N64 version for that matter). If you haven't played an Animal Crossing game before, you are better off going for the superior Gamecube / DS versions.
	R - A Journey into Lost Memories	Adventure	PAL and JP-only sequel to Trace Memory aka Another Code on the DS. A coming-of-age adventure game featuring a teenage girl solving mysteries. Beautiful presentation and lakeside resort setting, with visual novel-style dialogue scenes. Gameplay is mostly cursor-based investigation and talking to people. Was not particularly well-received, but is a solid adventure game. Does not require you to play Another Code 1 first, though it does help.
	Arc Rise Fantasia	RPG	Ill-received, turn-based JRPG developed by ImageEpoch. The story, characters and presentation are thoroughly generic, and the English voice acting is painfully bad. However, character customization is shockingly in-depth, and latter parts of the game present quite a challenge. If you're looking for a JRPG that won't hold your hand, and can look past its issues, this is a solid Wii purchase, especially considering it doesn't have a lot of competition on the console.
	Gunblade NY / LA Machineguns	Light Gun	No-frills ports of two SEGA arcade gun games. Both are hectic shooters were you're dealing with terrorists in NY and LA, respectively, while the camera swings wildly from the vantage point of a helicopter. They don't look as good as the arcade originals (the games themselves are also pretty old at this point), but they're still a great time (especially Gunblade NY), and are also the only home versions. Both support co-op play, and work perfectly with the Wii remote.
	Battalion Wars 2	TPS / RTS	Battalion Wars 2 combines third person shooter and strategy. You control units in real time, but you need to move and attack tactically in order to win. This is a solid game overall. One main issue is that some of the motion controls are a little wonky. It is surprisingly difficult (especially compared to the first on the Gamecube).
	Bit.Trip Complete	Arcade	Like the 3DS Bit.Trip Saga, this has all six BIT.TRIP games in one. Unlike that, it contains new difficulty levels, 120 new challenges, and gallery modes containing production stills, concept art, 25+ movies telling Commander Video's story, and 6 letters to fans by Alex Neuse, and a Soundtrack Sampler CD. This is the ultimate way to enjoy this retro-inspired series.
	Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy	Shoot 'Em Up	A new stab at side-scrolling shooters, in Blast Works you are able to attach the different pieces of your defeated enemies to your ship, during play, allowing you to build up an awkward heap of a ship shooting randomly across the screen. As you can imagine, this can become chaotic fast, especially when playing with four players. The game's saving grace is that it has an incredible editor where you can create and customize anything from bullets and ships to entire levels and bosses so you can remove or improve the game's attachment mechanic. There was also the ability to download and upload your creations online, but that has been discontinued.
	Boom Blox: Bash Party	Party / Smash 'em up	Forget the original Boom Blox; this one is streets ahead of it (though the first is still good). A physics game which engages the player in a variety of tasks and puzzles all using the Wii's innovative IR. Grab and pull blocks Jenga style, shoot lasers at flying objects or throw baseballs at huge towers. Bash Party gives you access to the same level creation tool that the developers used, as well as the ability to instantly play levels from other players online.

I'll end it there for now, but maybe I'll make a full replication of a page or two at some point. You can search up the original pages in the Wayback Machine if it ever goes down.